Ana inspiration

October 6th, 2021

LPGA Tour making big changes to year’s first Major, with new name, purse, course and sponsor

Amy Alcott, ANA Inspiration, Chevron Championship, David Foster, Dinah Shore, LPGA, Melissa Montomgery, Mission Hills Country Club, Mollie Marcoux Samaan, NBC, Poppie’s Pond

April 5th, 2021

Lydia Ko’s wild attempt to run down Patty Tavatanakit comes up short

Ultimately the Kiwi star did not win, but she injected the final round with a jolt of drama that otherwise would have been missing.

April 5th, 2021

Patty Tavatanakit realises her dream (and a Snapchat) with her two-stroke victory at the ANA Inspiration

Only 21, Tavatanakit won the ANA Inspiration, a wire-to-wire victory that further illuminates what in many precincts already was considered a given.

April 1st, 2021

‘The Great Wall of Dinah’ is gone and what it will mean for players at the ANA Inspiration

The structure is not there this year, which will force longer hitters, at least, to decide between laying up short of the water or going for the green in two and running the risk of the ball reaching the penalty area.

March 16th, 2021

Michelle Wie West enters Kia Classic and ANA Inspiration, signalling a potential comeback

Kia Classic tournament director Lindsay Allen confirmed that Wie West is on the entry list for the event, which is scheduled for March 25-28 at Aviara Golf Club in Carlsbad, California.

September 14th, 2020

Mirim Lee is a playoff winner at the ANA Inspiration after the wildest of back nines

September 14th, 2020

Watch ANA Inspiration champ Mirim Lee make this amazing 72nd-hole eagle chip en route to victory

Mirim Lee holed out three times in the final round – including twice in the last three holes – to win the ANA Inspiration.

September 9th, 2020

The LPGA will play the ANA Inspiration in a COVID-19 bubble that, alas, is not air-conditioned

The heat is likely to dominate conversations at the ANA Inspiration, upstaging talk even of the COVID-19 pandemic that’s responsible for postponing this LPGA Major championship from its scheduled start in April to the first full week in September.

September 9th, 2020

Charley Hull tests positive for COVID-19, withdraws from the ANA Inspiration

Hull’s withdrawal reduces the field to 104 players, with the LPGA awaiting results for only one more player and one more caddie.

April 8th, 2019

Jin Young Ko wins ANA Inspiration ‘playing happy’ and earning inclusion among the game’s elite

Ko has finished worse than third only once in six starts in 2019.

Pernilla Lindberg does the improbable, beats Inbee Park on eighth playoff hole to win ANA Inspiration

So Yeon Ryu: A life in balance and a Grand Slam goal

Lexi Thompson was haunted by ANA Inspiration loss last year, but is ready to move on

The downside of modernising the Rules of Golf

Lexi Thompson responds to rules change regarding TV viewer call-ins

Lexi Thompson’s Major season can come full circle at the Evian Championship

April 18th, 2017

The Lexi Thompson Ruling: Viewer discretion advised

Loose ends remain in the wake of the Lexi Thompson ruling at the ANA Inspiration, as golf’s major stakeholders try to figure out how to move forward.

April 3rd, 2017

How So Yeon Ryu won, Lexi Thompson lost and the penalty that stole the story line

What is a Major championship without a television viewer and the Rules of Golf seizing the story line and evoking responses similar to that of the tournament leader Lexi Thompson?